Sentence examples for Shut down discussions from inspiring English sources

And faced with increasingly hostile attempts to shut down discussions, universities are also being forced to consider taking disciplinary action against students found to be in clear breach of the university's rules on free speech.

I think we had some very good discussions but unfortunately, we have to frequently shut down discussions due to time constraint.

"Some people in Libya would try to shut down discussion about Lockerbie by saying, essentially, 'We paid the money — the file is closed,' " Dornstein said.

In reply, I explained what the paper was "playing at": trying to curate a reasoned debate in comments, not shut down discussion.

Across Whitehall, civil servants or ministers have only to suggest the Treasury will not like a policy to shut down discussion.

Talks ground to a temporary halt overnight after developing countries walked out of a meeting on loss and damage, saying rich countries had shut down discussion.

Secondly, and more fundamentally, the lawsuits shut down discussion rather than promoting it, by the aura of legitimacy that the inevitable rejection of the claims and the equally inevitable future acquittal yield.

This makes "insulting Turkishness" a criminal offence and is used to shut down discussion of the Armenian genocide.But the adoption of a highly political resolution in America's Congress is the worst possible way to encourage more steps in the right direction.

Turnbull shut down discussion of a possible treaty during the election campaign, accusing Bill Shorten, who said during an appearance on the ABC's Q&A program that a treaty could be part of a "post constitutional recognition settlement", of distracting from the issue of constitutional recognition.

So, stop making wild accusations, calling people morons, and trying to shut down discussion.

It you want to block a policy that people might favor you try to label it as "protectionism" to shut down discussion.